# HG changeset patch
# User Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan@ochtman.nl>
# Date 2008-02-13 15:46:43
# Node ID e85deb6dcf9d9265a2a35b5ec6fac36dfed28aee
# Parent  e1f11b8a1e9e6e1ce18aeaba506c904fcfc98878

better handle errors with date parsing (issue983)

Windows cannot always handle a 1970-01-01 parameter to time.mktime().

diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ def parsedate(string, formats=None, defa
         for format in formats:
             try:
                 when, offset = strdate(string, format, defaults)
-            except ValueError:
+            except (ValueError, OverflowError):
                 pass
             else:
                 break